PHP - Count duplicate values within two dimensional array, then display only unique values with the count

Question

I\'ve been working on this for a couple days now... and still haven\'t been able to achieve my desired results. Any help would on this would be greatly appreciated... thank

Answer 1

If you are using PHP >= 5.5, you can use array_column(), in conjunction with array_count_values():

$colors = array_count_values(array_column($log, 0));
$materials = array_count_values(array_column($log, 1));

See demo

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Or, if you're not using PHP >= 5.5, this will work in PHP 4, 5:

$colors = $materials = array();
foreach ($log as $a){
    $colors[] = $a[0];
    $materials[] = $a[1];
}

$colors = array_count_values($colors);
$materials = array_count_values($materials);

See demo 2

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Click here for sample use case that will work with either method.